Woman Reports Kidney Trouble Cured by Dean’s Pills
Mrs John Mansell of New Castle Pennsylvania credits a week's treatment with Dean's Kidney Pills for curing years of kidney trouble. She describes painful urinary passages swelling in limbs and heart palpitations but says a few boxes restored health. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John Mansell
Joffer
New Castle
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Carelessness and a Civil War scar tale
An old Civil War veteran explains a facial scar from Bull Run and reflects on carelessness after years of fighting. A listener misreads the cause, then learns of the veteran’s aging and changing vigilance. Narration frames a cautionary anecdote.
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Battle of
Bull Run
Bull
Senator Tillman Distances Duel Talk At Washington Dinner
Thed duel remark drew Tillman’s scorn as he cited a overheard New York club conversation. He said he abhors duels while praising manliness and urged restraint in public disputes.
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Tillman
Washington
New York
Reviewers clash over aging author labeled as young writer
In the Philadelphia Inquirer a dialogue shows First Girl praising a review of her novel while Second Girl criticizes the work as wretched. They discuss the reviewer calling an older author a young writer, highlighting age perception in literary criticism.
Unromantic Tales From France and Philadelphia Ledger
A quip recalls a French romance ruined by a bride rumored to have a cloven hoof while contrasting with urban legends of marriages broken by a man with a cloven breath, reflecting playful newspaper wit.
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France
Philadelphia
Dr Pierce medicines praised as tonics purifiers
The text extols Golden Medical Discovery as a potent alterative and tonic, especially for mucous surfaces, while Favorite Prescription is said to restore strength in worn women. It cites physicians and authorities praising these remedies and notes the non alcoholic glyceric native preparation.
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Pierce
Golden Medical
Reintte
Avon Saxon Seeks Workhouse Stay Amid Disorder Charge
Avon Saxon a familiar actor was jailed at his own request after police found him acting oddly and charged him with disorderly conduct. Magistrate Breen urged humane treatment as Saxon, dressed well, requested a month in the workhouse with possible extension. He recalled a career with the Boston Ideals and Royal English Opera Company, now divorced from Virginia Cheron. his son resided in Nova Scotia.
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Avon Saxon
Gorevan
Saxon
Breen
Boston Ideals
Bostonians
Escamillo
Zelle de Lusgan
Carmen
Boston
Royal Engtish Opera Company
London
Virginia Cheron
Opera Comique
Con
Nova Scotia
Public kissing ruled not a crime by court
Magistrate Whitman hears if public kissing is disorderly conduct. James F. Higgins, a clerk, was jailed after kissing a girl in a Second Avenue doorway. The court discharged him, noting it is not a crime unless the partner objects.
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Whitman
James F. Higgins
Second Avenue
Stapleton
Higgins
Beins
Ivy
Divorce suit dismissed over miswritten collusion delusion
In Newark Vice-Chancellor Stevens dismissed Mary Fallette v Pietro Fallette after a stenographer miswrote delusion instead of collusion in the plaintiff's affidavit. The 1903 suit had alimony and fees awarded in 1904. arrears of about 450 dollars are discharged as the case must start anew under New Jersey law.
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Ralph W Skinner
Stevens
Chancery
Newark
Mary Fallette
Pietro Fallette
Falletto
Talletto
New Jersey
Skiffner
Big Lion Attacks Zoo Keeper in Central Park Zoo
James Coyle, a keeper at Central Park Zoo, was seriously injured when Dewey the lion clawed and dragged his arm through cage bars during a clean up of Rose the lioness. The animal bit off Coyle’s little finger and he freed himself before help arrived.
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James Coyle
Central Park Zoo
Dewey
Coyle
Rose
Boy Pays With His Life For A Hat At The River
Casper Steiner eight years old of 325 East Thirty-third Street drowned after jumping into the East River near Thirty-second Street to recover Alfred Flynn nine years old’s hat. Other boys watched as Steiner surfaced once crying I’ve got your hat then sank. Men grappled for the body but failed to recover it.
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Casper Steiner
East Thirty-third Street
Met
Thirty-second Street
East River
Alfred
Flynn
East Thirty-second Street
Steiner
Casper
Alfy
Sing Sing Life Prisoner Vanishes
Bidwell Fluss a life term prisoner at Sing Sing disappeared Wednesday afternoon. Keepers believe he did not escape the prison yards and have searched every conceiv able hiding place without success.
Free eating houses in Paris aid poor mothers
In Paris there are seven free eating houses for poor mothers with instruction on proper infant feeding. The facilities provide meals and guidance to help improve child nutrition and maternal care.
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Paris
Copper ore shipments rise in Alaska through 1906
Copper ore valued at 1 755 016 dollars was shipped from Alaska in 1906, nearly three times the 1905 total and seven times the 1904 figure, indicating a sharp rise in mining output. A fire in a house at Hescham England caused by a man who heard a roast was in the oven led to an odd, overheard incident.
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Alaska
Hescham
England
Weather and trade trends push early spring sales in West
R G Dun and Co reports adverse weather delaying distribution of spring merchandise and crops. Warm weather could spur activity, but overall volumes lag. Wholesale fall and winter goods trade is brisk, cotton mills show strong returns, and Western markets like Seattle and Portland outpace the East and South. Wage advances may affect up to 200000 workers in New England mills.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Seattle
Portland
New England
Market Notes From Baltimore and New York Grain and Livestock
Baltimore and New York report firm to steady prices across grains and livestock. Wheat ranges sample sales 77 to 89 cents with steamer No 2 red at 88 and 82 cents for rejections. Corn and oats show mixed firmness with yellow corn at 3.40 to 3.45 per barrel and oats and eggs varying by grade. Cattle and hogs at Chicago and Kansas City present steady to lower trends with steers 5.00 to 6.66 and hogs 6.15 to 6.25, while cheese and butter hold steady in New York Philadelphia markets.
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Baltimore
Prime Southern
Western
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Southern
New York
Duluth
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
Fragments of Global Facts and Names in a Scrambled Note
A collection of disparate notes mentions Manhattan car damage averages, Norways Notodden furnaces, Fairbanks greenhouse growth, the mistral wind in Marseille, New York City expenses, and quotes about James J. Hill and Conaul Morgan. The text is garbled with misspellings and incomplete names.
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Manhattan Island
Notodden
Norway
Marseilles
New Y City
Chicago
James J. Hill
A Good Use For Quilting Frames
A tip suggests drying lace curtains on old fashioned quilting frames in the sun. It claims frames are stronger and easier to handle than curtain stretchers for this task.
Household kerosene damp cloths for dusting and floors
Instructions describe dampening two cloths with kerosene and sealing them in a tin for at least a day. One cloth is for dusting furniture doors and casings while the other is for linoleum, hardwood, or painted floors. The method claims to lift dust without streaks or wood damage.
Proper Glove Removal and Care Tips
The article explains careful glove removal to extend wear. Turn the glove inside out to the fingers, push off without pulling on the fingers, then straighten and shape the glove, storing it in a box to limit air and moisture that rot the stitching.
How to Brown Escallops With Buttered Crumbs
A Kalamazoo reader explains a simple method to improve escallops and similar dishes. Roll crumbs fine and mix with melted butter before spreading to achieve even browning and a more artistic finish. The technique prevents unbrowned gaps and enhances flavor.
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F. F
Kalamazoo
Mich
Washing Lace Tips from the New York Tribune
A traditional method advises wrapping lace on a wine bottle with fine flannel, boiling gently in hot suds, rinsing under running water, and using a starch wax mix to set the lace. Drying colors are removed by sun and careful finger picking for final shaping.
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Frankfort
New York Tribune
Home Cookery Notes From A 19th Century Menu Card
Short recipe list detailing Cracker Pie Savory Rice Fried Halibut Peach Snowdrift Mother’s Cup Cake and Hominy Fritters with steps for buckling flavors and textures using crackers, lemon rind, rice, tomato sauce, cheese and eggs for classic kitchen preparations.
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Marjorie Wester
Fong Hock Hosts Elaborate Chinese Hair Cutting Banquet
In San Francisco Chinatown a leading merchant Fong Hock held a grand banquet for his son's first haircut. About 150 guests attended at an Eighth Street restaurant where wives and children sat with heads of families. The menu featured birds nest soup and sharks fins. The event cost $1,800 and was attended by San Francisco clearing house members who brought valuable gifts for the child.
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Chinatown
Fong Hock
Bank of
San Francisco
Eighth Street
Happy Father
San Francisco Chronicle
Indian Sign Language in Love and Politics
The New Orleans Times-Democrat explains how Native American facial paint signals intentions and status. Scarlet cheeks and a yellow forehead square mean love, zigzag black lines imply flashy skating, red cheek circles with blue forehead indicate horse theft, white eye rings signal candidacy for office or medicine and council roles.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Moving Lake in the Gobi Desert
The wandering Lake Nor in the Gobi Desert shifts southeast due to Tarim River silt entering in high water and prevailing summer winds from the northeast driving dust and sand. The combined wind and river action push the lake southward, as explained by the Marine Journal.
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Lake Nor
Gobi Desert
Asia
Tarim River
Marine Journal
Nothing Doing Phrase Traced From Dickens Not Slang
The piece argues the line nothing doing in Dickens book Dombey and Son marks a habitual phrase rather than slang. It cites Sol Gills explaining the shop closure as a habit he cannot leave, noting the phrase’s older, non slangy fitness.
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Dombey & Son
Sol Gills
Walter
Watson
Jeffersonian
Bricks Made Of Flour
England explores a method to preserve flour by compressing it into bricks using hydraulic pressure. Experiments show the process destroys larva life and mold, saving space. three hundred pounds of compressed flour occupy the space of 100 pounds in standard form.
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England
First Rural Route Mail Carrier Remains Active at 70
BK. P. Wright of Franklin township continues to serve as the nation’s earliest rural carrier. He carries R. F. D. No. 3 from the South Columbus branch, hale and hearty at seventy, with 55 years in Uncle Sam’s service documented by the Columbus Dispatch.
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United States
BK. P. Wright
Jackson Pike
Franklin Township
Indiana boy can tell time to near minute
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a claim that an Indiana boy can tell the time almost to the minute without a watch or clock. The remark adds the boy would be careful of health and morals, warning such a talent could lead him to go too fast or become run down.
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Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Editor finds Grape-Nuts food restores health and strength
An Oklahoma editor reports receiving 2000 dollars worth of Grape-Nuts nutrition. He credits the food with restoring his health, increasing weight by 25 pounds, boosting strength and brain power, and renewing his willingness to work, after years in journalism.
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Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims
The advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments. It asserts effectiveness for inflammation uterine issues and related health problems, claiming suitability for women experiencing various reproductive and spinal weaknesses.
Ultimate Fate Of Fish
A New York Sun essay quotes an Osherman noting fish seldom die naturally. In captivity deaths arise from altered conditions and competition, while in the wild a fish’s life is driven by predation and the struggle to survive.
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Osherman
New York Sun
Dr H R Kline Nerve Restorer Offers Trial Bottle
Advertisement for Dr H R Kline Sd promising a Great Nerve Restorer to cure fits St. Vitus dance and nervous diseases. Offers an $8 trial bottle and free treatise with address 981 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. Claim warns that two thirds of sympathy isn’t appreciated and the other third is wasted.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Cuticura Remedies Rebuilds Health of Chicago Child
A Chicago mother reports her baby suffered years with itching skin resembling eczema until Cuticura products were tried. After three boxes of Cuticura Ointment with Soap and Pills, the child improved markedly and became healthy again, per Mrs. A. C. Breatlin of Lincoln Street, October 1996.
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Miss G
A. C. Breatlin
Lincoln St
Chicago
Ill
If You Have More Money Than You Need You Have More Friends
Proverbial remark notes that excess wealth brings not just extra resources but broader social circles and acquaintances, suggesting money correlates with expanding social ties. It frames money as a catalyst for influence and access in society.
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Tad
Cea
Thompson's
Lye Maier
Fairbanks
PTO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E-Pinkhata
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia P. Pinkham
Hicks
Packigea
Sample
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Winchester
Wincmester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven, Conn
Hogless S
Rowdrift
York
Savannah
Atlanta
Orlean
Harold Somers
W. Ji. Wills
Willa Building
Indiana Avenue
Washington, DC
Picos
Rayo
Desler’s
Ag Standard Oil
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